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#176 - Is the Two-Party System Good for Democracy?

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#175 - Is it Time to Expand Nuclear Power?

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Ezra Klein on Why We're Polarized

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Bonus Episode: Can Progressives Save Capitalism?

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#97 - Should We Legalize Assisted Suicide?

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Bonus Episode: How Do We Make Our Debates Happen?

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#174 - Is Capitalism a Blessing?

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#173 - Is Parenting Overrated?

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#172 - Has Europe Declared War on American Tech Companies?

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#115 - Is Affirmative Action in College Admissions Constitutional?

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#171 - Should We Replace Private Insurance With Medicare For All?

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#170 - Unresolved: Shifting Power in the Middle East

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Bonus Episode: Are We In a New Authoritarian Era?

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Chris Anderson on Ideas & Inspiration

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#169 - Is U.S. Policy Toward China Productive?

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Simon Johnson on Science & the Economy

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Allison Schrager on Risk and Reason In Everyday Life

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Nadine Strossen & Thane Rosenbaum on Hate Speech in America

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#168 - Has the Transatlantic Relationship Been Irreparably Damaged?

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Bonus Episode: How Europe Is Answering to "America First"

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#153 - Is Social Media Good for Democracy?

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#126 - Should the U.S. Give Undocumented Immigrants a Path to Citizenship?

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#134 - Is Universal Basic Income the Safety Net of the Future?

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#167 - Should Scientists Dim the Sun?

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#166 - All Hail the Driverless Car?

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#165 - Should the Republican Party Re-Nominate Trump?

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IQ2 Interview: Should You Love Your Enemies?

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#164 - Can Constitutional Free Speech Principles Save Social Media Companies From Themselves?

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#163 - Unresolved: The Techonomic Cold War With China

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Special Release: Can AI Change Your Mind?

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#161 - Should We Bring Extinct Creatures Back To Life?

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#160 - Ten Years After the Global Financial Crisis, Is the System Safer?

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Season Preview: New Year, New Debates

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#83 - Should We Avoid Eating Anything With A Face?

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#105 - Is Smart Technology Making Us Dumb?

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#159 - Has Silicon Valley Lost Its Soul?

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An IQ2US Thanksgiving Tradition

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#158 - Is Trump Bad for Comedy?

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#157 - Will Progressive Populism Save The Democratic Party?

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#156 - Will Retail Alliances Fix the U.S. Health Care System?

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#155 - Unresolved: U.S. National Security

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Join IQ2US Live in New York

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#154 - Has Globalization Undermined the American Working Class?

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#153 - Is Social Media Good For Democracy?

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#152 - Trigger Warning: Are Safe Spaces Dangerous?

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#151 - Will Automation Crash Democracy?

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#150 - Can Negotiations Denuclearize North Korea?

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#149 - Is Bitcoin More Than A Bubble?

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#148 - Should Net Neutrality Be Saved?

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#147 - As We Evolve, Do We Need God Less?

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#146 - Does Humanitarian Intervention Do More Harm Than Good?

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#145 - Have Dating Apps Killed Romance?

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#144 - Unresolved: America's Economic Outlook

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#143 - Do Liberals Hold the Moral High Ground?

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Guns, Bibles, & Breaking Bread: A Thanksgiving Podcast

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#142 - Should College Athletes Be Paid?

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#141 - Is Western Democracy In Danger?

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#140 - Is the U.S. Healthcare System Terminally Broken?

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#139 - Face-Off with China: Foreign Policy in the Trump Era

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How to Debate... Yourself.

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A Summer Challenge: Radical Rethinking

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The State of Debate on Capitol Hill: The American Health Care Act

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#138 - Your Private Data: Can Tech Companies Keep it from the Law?

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#137 - Will Video Games Make Us Smarter?

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#136 - Unresolved: Trump's First 100 Days

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#135 - Has Walmart Been Good For America?

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#134 - Is Universal Basic Income the Safety Net of the Future?

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#133 - Are Charter Schools Overrated?

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#132 - Has the U.S.-Saudi "Special Relationship" Outlived its Usefulness?

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#131 - Should We Give Trump a Chance?

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#130 - Is Policing Racially Biased?

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#129 - Should States Call a Convention to Amend the Constitution?

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#128 - Is Obama's Foreign Policy a Failure?

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#127 - Has Gerrymandering Destroyed the Political Center?

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#126 - Should We Give Undocumented Immigrants a Path to Citizenship?

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#125 - Is "Big Pharma" to Blame for Rising Health Care Costs?

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#124 - Are the Elites to Blame for the Trump Phenomenon?

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#123 - Climate Change: Has the EPA Gone Overboard?

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Bonus Podcast: The GOP Must Seize The Center Or Die

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Bonus Podcast: The Supreme Court Considers Racial Preferences In State University Admissions

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#122 - Has The President Usurped The Constitutional Power Of Congress?

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#121 - Do Hunters Conserve Wildlife?

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#120 - Eliminate Corporate Subsidies

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#119 - Should We Trust The Promise Of Artificial Intelligence?

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#118 - Is Free Speech Threatened On Campus?

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#117 - Are Lifespans Long Enough?

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#116 - Should The U.S. Let In 100,000 Syrian Refugees?

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#115 - Does The Equal Protection Clause Forbid Racial Preferences In State University Admissions?

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#114 - Can Central Banks Print Prosperity?

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#113 - Do U.S. Prosecutors Have Too Much Power?

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#112 - Should College Students Be Allowed To Take Smart Drugs?

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#111 - Should We Raise The Federal Gas Tax To Fund Infrastructure?

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Bonus Podcast: Is Death Final?

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#110 - Are China And The U.S. Long-Term Enemies?

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#109 - Should Courts Or Campuses Decide Sexual Assault Cases?

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Bonus Podcast: Should We Abolish the Minimum Wage?

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#108 - Does The U.S. Need To Defeat ISIS, Or Is Containment Enough?

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Bonus Podcast: Israel Can Live With A Nuclear Iran

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Bonus Podcast: Obamacare Is Now Beyond Rescue

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Bonus Podcast: Men Are Finished